04-02-2023, 12:34 PM
(04-01-2023, 10:29 PM)KevinL Wrote: The backpack rule is almost certainly for the high school across the street - as an alumnus of that very school I know that shoplifting at Central is something of a pastime for some portion of its population.
When I shop there today I come by transit and have my bundle buggy with me, which stays closed in the cart until I check out. I've not received any grief about it.
I remember getting grief for bringing a bag when I was a UW student at places in the plaza that now has T&T...
I remember it making me feel quite unwelcome...it was probably the first time I suffered any form of mild prejudice. It was a formative moment for me...I might not be the same kind of person today without it.